Germany and Colombia have agreed on a joint declaration of intent for a so-called migration partnership. Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that Colombia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Jorge Rojas Rodriguez, and the Federal Government’s Special Representative for Migration Agreements, Joachim Stamp (FDP), signed the agreement in Berlin.
In his role as special representative, Stamp will help Workers from abroad to win and to help ensure that countries of origin of asylum seekers are Deportation of citizens required to leave Germany to their homeland cooperate. In the first eight months of this year, 2,462 people from Colombia applied for asylum in Germany for the first time. This puts Colombia in ninth place among the main countries of origin of asylum seekers.
After the signing, Stamp said: “Both sides have the same interests: We want to promote scientific, labor and educational migration and take consistent action against irregular migration.” There are hard-working and performance-oriented Colombians in Germany, the Federal Ministry of the Interior quoted the Deputy Foreign Minister as saying. There are currently around 14,000 people from Colombia in Germany who are subject to social insurance, plus 3,500 students and around 500 scientists.
The German government has already concluded so-called migration agreements with India, Georgia, Kenya and Uzbekistan. There is also cooperation on migration issues with Morocco. Stamp is currently holding talks with other countries. (dpa)
